Ted Stevens

Chronology of Coverage

Mar. 24, 2015

Federal prosecutors are planning to bring corruption charges against New Jersey Sen Robert Menendez, as part of Justice Dept investigation against him; comparisons are being made to 2008 case against late Sen Ted Stevens, which was dismissed after prosecutors were found to have withheld evidence. MORE

Apr. 8, 2013

Administrative Judge Benjamin Gutman overturns suspensions of federal prosecutors Joseph Bottini and James Goeke, whom Justice Dept had tried to discipline for failing to turn over evidence that might have helped defense in botched corruption trial against late Sen Ted Stevens; rules that Justice Dept had violated its own procedures, under the Professional Misconduct Review Unit. MORE

Jun. 1, 2012

Mistrial in the federal campaign finance case against John Edwards marks yet another setback for the Justice Department's public integrity section; once-vaunted watchdog group has been trying to rebuild itself following a botched prosecution of Sen Ted Stevens in 2009. MORE

May. 26, 2012

Legal team that defended Sen Ted Stevens in his corruption trial harshly criticizes as too lenient the punishment that the Justice Department handed out to two prosecutors found to have engaged in reckless professional misconduct in the case. MORE

May. 25, 2012

Justice Department will temporarily suspend prosecutors Joseph Bottini and James Goeke for reckless professional misconduct during the botched 2008 corruption trial of Sen Ted Stevens. MORE

Mar. 19, 2012

Editorial urges the Justice Department to take a closer look at the power and responsibilities of its prosecutors in light of the findings of a scathing new report on the department's handling of the corruption trial of the late Sen Ted Stevens; asserts that the department should set a national standard and adopt open-file requirements for prosecutors to be more forthcoming about evidence favoring the defense. MORE

Mar. 17, 2012

Alaska Sen Lisa Murkowski calls for the summary dismissal of two federal prosecutors who came under particular criticism in a report about the botched ethics trial of the late Sen Ted Stevens. MORE

Mar. 16, 2012

Court-appointed investigator concludes that federal prosecutors Joseph W Bottini and James A Goeke intentionally withheld key exculpatory evidence from the defense team in the botched ethics trial of the late Sen Ted Stevens. MORE

Feb. 8, 2012

Editorial urges Federal Judge Emmet G Sullivan to release the confidential 500-page report that purportedly shows how Justice Department lawyers concealed exculpatory evidence in the prosecution of late Sen Ted Stevens; argues that a full understanding of what happened in the Stevens prosecution will help the public determine whether steps taken by the department in the wake of the failed prosecution are sufficient to correct the abuses that occurred. MORE

Dec. 2, 2011

Editorial deplores the depth of prosecutorial misconduct in the 2008 trial of former Alaska Sen Ted Stevens; asserts that the Justice Department must act forcefully to repair the damage the trial has wrought on its public integrity section, which is responsible for prosecuting public officials. MORE

Nov. 22, 2011

Court-appointed investigator Henry F Schuelke finds that the high-profile prosecution of the late Senator Ted Stevens was 'permeated' by the prosecutors’ 'serious, widespread and at times intentional' illegal concealment of evidence that would have helped Stevens defend himself at his 2008 trial; recommends that none of the Justice Department officials involved in case be prosecuted. MORE

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An administrative judge ruled that the Justice Department had violated its own procedures when it suspended Joseph Bottini and James Goeke for their conduct in the corruption trial against Senator Ted Stevens.

The legal team that defended Senator Ted Stevens in his corruption trial has harshly criticized the punishment handed out to two prosecutors found to have engaged in reckless professional misconduct in the case.